Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 7, 2016

In 2241 the dominant superpower on Earth, the USAN, successfully concludes the fourth world war. The nation breathes a sigh of relief and looks forward to the resumption of elections.

Across the solar system the leading industrialist in the USAN’s small colony on Mars is thinking about independence. When the Martian population votes in favour Mars secedes from the union.

It seems to be a fait accompli until it’s suggested that a massive dropship carrying spacecraft, Ephialtes, built to patrol the Earth, could be refitted for interplanetary spaceflight. Maybe the USAN could use its military might to persuade the colonists to reconsider.

With an enormous instrument war of heading toward them the Martians resolve to defend their independence. Limited resources force them to rely on wit and ingenuity as they prepare their defences. Can they prevail against the mighty Ephialtes?

Jocelyn Martinez wasn’t a warrior, she was a teacher. But with her country losing the war, she agreed to be transformed into a living war machine, becoming one of the Fingers of God.

Three years later, the land lies in ruins. Yet, over countless battles, she and her brothers- and sisters-in-arms have turned the tide. Now poised to finally defeat their enemy, they are confronted by an ever worsening threat. The process that transformed them into the world’s most powerful weapons is also driving them insane.

Nothing could have prepared Jocelyn for the tragedy of seeing her friends slowly fall apart. Yet, despite everything, she cannot relent. Their enemy is preparing a weapon that can stop even a Finger of God. Fighting enemies within and without, Jocelyn and her comrades must make its final push towards victory. Can they get there before everything falls apart?

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

A hilarious, fast-paced space adventure from the author the Independent calls “the new Terry Pratchett.”

Cal Carver is having a bad day. Imprisoned and forced to share a cell with an overly-friendly cannibal, Cal thinks things can’t possibly get any worse.

He is wrong.

It’s not until two-thirds of the human race is wiped out and Cal is abducted by aliens that his day really starts to go downhill.

Whisked across the galaxy, Cal is thrown into a team of some of the sector’s most notorious villains and scumbags. Their mission should be simple enough, but as one screw-up leads to another, they find themselves in a frantic battle to save an entire alien civilization – and its god – from total annihilation.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Solaria Ainsworth was born a Templar, destined to take up the mantle of responsibility and duty as her family’s Order had done for hundreds of years.
Except she refuses to take her Oath of Knighthood.
Barely making ends meet in Baltimore, Aria finds it difficult to obtain gainful employment with no work experience and skills in jousting and swordsmanship. Just before she’s served an eviction notice, the Mistress of the local vampire family offers her a job—to research a magical symbol. It’s an easy task for a woman who has spent every moment of her life either in armor or with her nose in ancient manuscripts. The money’s good, and the seven day deadline should be no problem.
But when her research reveals a sordid connection between the vampires and a mass murder, Aria needs to decide who is in the right and worthy of her protection.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

All is not well in Alba. The land has been stolen from its native population at the point of a sword – and any resistance is crushed in the invaders’ iron fist.

But now, they’re learning how to fight back: with sorcery…

Bayrd, once cursed for his use of magic, has now become his greatest asset to his people…

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery